Favorite Films
the 1930's to 1940's
Rain
1932
Joan Crawford, Walter Huston
(W. Somerset Maugham's story
of Miss Sadie Thompson,
the legendary fallen woman redeemed by the love of a
self-destructive fire and brimstone missionary
on a remote South Seas island.)
Lost Horizon
1937
Ronald Coleman, Jane Wyatt
(Journey into the mysterious
land of
"Shangri-La", a land of peace and quiet.)
Pygmalion
1938
Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard
(Shaw's telling of the Pygmalion story,
where a man falls in love with his creation.)
Ninotchka
1939
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas
(Russian agent coming to light hearted Paris.)
Citizen Kane
1941
Orson Welles
(Hearst like publisher's rise to power)
Casablanca
1942
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
(Night club owner in war torn North Africa finding old flame and her husband)
Henry V
1945
Lawrence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leo Genn
(Shakespeare's play set at Globe theater in 1500's.)
The Red Shoes
1948
Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann
(young ballerina is torn between career and love.)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
(castoff member of titled family setting out to eliminate them all)
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